# Incident 20000603032149I: Amtr ROTORWAYEXEC, Marion, MS, June 3, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2000, 09:48 local time
- Place: Marion, MS
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4302° N, 88.6518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marion, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4302&lon=-88.6518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162GH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N162GH-2014-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Howard Guy ROTORWAY 162F (registry code 056075K, https://openairdocs.org/model/howard-guy-rotorway-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR ROTORWAYEXEC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 22 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000603032149I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)DURING CRUISE HELICOPTER DEVELOPED LOW RPM, DESCENDED TO GET RPM UP AND TO LAND IN THE HIGHWAY MEDIAN. THE ATTEMPT TO GET RPM UP WAS SUCCESSFUL BUT LOOKED UP AND SAW THE POWERLINES ACROSS US HWY 45N.  ATTEMPTED TO HOP THE LINES BUT HTE POWERLINE IMPACTED THE CANOPY BUBBLE.  THE BUBBLE DISINTEGRATED INJURING THE PILOT WHO MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING IN A PASTURE ONE MILE FROM THE INCIDENT SIGHT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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